Cellular Classification
Histologic types of colon cancer include the following:
- Adenocarcinoma (most colon cancers).
- Mucinous (colloid) adenocarcinoma.
- Signet ring adenocarcinoma.
- Scirrhous tumors.
- Neuroendocrine.[1] Tumors with neuroendocrine differentiation typically have
a poorer prognosis than pure adenocarcinoma variants.
References
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Saclarides TJ, Szeluga D, Staren ED: Neuroendocrine cancers of the colon and rectum. Results of a ten-year experience. Dis Colon Rectum 37 (7): 635-42, 1994.
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